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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19

What have our contemporaries who
are so tender of Perry's reputation to say
on the following presentment:
But in the attitude which Gov Blox-
ham holds towards the public, that of a
candidate for one of the highest Offices
in the Republic, he must not be content
to rest simply upon the presumption
which holds every man innocent until he
is proved to be guilty; he must go fur
Their. IL the facts coincide with the pre-
sumption, it is within his power to prove
this. He doubtless has copies of every
letter or document which he has written
to, or for Jones in regard to the Senator
ship. Neither he nor Mr.. j. has denied
that some writings have passed between
them in relation thereto. Let the public
have, through the press, everything
which has so passed. with An affidavit
that it is everything; and nothing TO APP
pear therein to compromise him. Gov.
Bloxham will have established not the
presumption but the proof Of his inno-
cence. This the Legislature, before go
ing into the choice Of Senator, is en-
titled to have from him.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19


A young man a my aequaintancs who
has always been considered IN odd stick,
NOS -beoauss - lacks oommen- sense, but
because he has . strange habit OF doing
things in his own way, told ne that hav-
ing gone lately to i've in . suburban town,
and being unable To read In the cars with
out injury to his eyes, he had hit upon the
following expedient for passing the time
ON his journey 70 and fro. He atsl apart
from his friends. apparently wrapped in
gloomy reffee lions, but really engaged in
connecting humorous paragraphs which
he sells He has laid out his work quite
after the manner Ut Anthony Trollope,
sternly requiring of himself one joke for
every trip and so well does he succeed
that he very rarely fails on . Saturday to
post twelve items Of merchantable quality
On Sunday Of course he has . holiday
He told me also, and 1 am curious TO
know IL the experience of other profes-
sional humorists is the same, that the
business is done best in cloudy and stormy
weather. On fine morning, he says, his
attention is distracted and he sometime,
reaches Boston quite jokeless; whereas in
q driving snow storm he often picks up
two and even three very fair paragraphs
during the journey, especially when the
train is little late. A succession Of fine
days last month nearly ruined him, but he
expects to do very well in March and
April-BOston Post
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
Trying tn Interview Gen. sherman.

Gen. w. 7. Sherman il breezy talker
when he once gets a-gOing. When he Is
thoroughly interested ia q subject and
feels In the mood to talk he can make a
space reporters heart glad in one short
half hour. Soon after the death Ut Gen.
Grant two reporters called upon Gen.
Sherman at the Fifth Avenue hotel in
this city and tried to extract some per
sOnal "reminiscences from him The hero
Of the march through Georgia received
the newspaper men with much cordiality.
He insisted on their laying aside their
note books, however. II loved Gen. Grant
dearly, and 1 am willing to talk about
him." he said, but l don't want you
boys to print a word that l say. / have
been talking too much for the press re-
Gently, and have made mp my mind to
stop right now" No amount of coaxing
or arguing could induce Gen Sherman to
change his mind on this point, and for
about twenty minutes the two reporters
enjoyed the aggravating pleasure Of hear
ing the dead hero's eOmrade reel OF REM
iniscences that would have made splendid
reading matter for their respective news
papers.-New York Times.
As long as am in my place am safe
Emerson.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19

The following letter is from one who
knows whereof he speaks, and if his
opinion is well founded it is a matter Of
grave public concern We commend the
subject to the earnest consideration Of
our Municipal Council and ask that ac-
tive steps be taken to assert the rights Of
the public in case they have been invaded
without the warrant of the law:
Editor Paldtkd Nsscs.
In your article headed "A Board of
Trade" in number of April nth, you say
the question of paving and extending
Lemon street to the river should be
agitated, this is of absolute necessity, for
we have no public water 'front.' Agrave
mistake. If you will look at the maps of
the Town of Palatkar you will find
there is a public river front along part of
Water street to and across Adams street
or North Laurel street; true, the city
allows private persons to occupy this
splendid water front without interfer-
ence and even gives permission, for a
small sum of money, to obstruct Water
street to the inconvenience of travel. IL
the present Mayor carries out his purpose
of having the ordinances enforced he
should order the Marshal to take posses
sion and remove such distractions.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19

The Times Union and the Florida Her
aid have so much wisdom on tap that it
drips out in the shape Of disinteresfed
advice to Governor. Perry. LEX" is ex-
ceedingly DESTROYS that the Governor
shall be in time to make graceful dis
appearance from the Senatorial stage.
LEX" cares SO much for the Governor
appearance in public-it is 30 anxious he
should preserve his dignity. 1t, poor
thing, is so solicitous that the Governor
shall not appear in an un0raeefM atti-
tude. Poor ''Lex"!!
The Florida Herald is desperate, and
its editor goes farther than he intends
when his correspondent at Tallahassee
informs US that ''Governor Perry's OPP
ponents are charging him with withhold
ing public appointments now past due,
i'm order to gather and retain the strength
Of different factions, by allowing each to
indulge the hope that their favorites will
be appointed to Office"
This is only another version of the
Lex letter except that it is stated in
manlier shape. 1t is not enough that
anonymous letters are flying around
thick as leaves in Vallambrosa-the ideas
they carry must faint the thoughts of
John T. Graves. Has E. A. Perry al
lowed the iron of an unclean ambition
to soil his soul? First-What has Perry
done? IL he did it has he sinned? Sec
Ond-Bring your proofs.
Is it not wonderful that those who
lately entertained SO much anonymously
against Perry, should now be SD liberal
with advice? Is it not wonderful that
followers of Bloxham should be
SO anxious to preserve Perry from
the least suspicion of a deaR The
Herdlds partner in the "advice" bust
hess is unworthy of notice, but the care
fully guarded words of the Herald at
least make the assertion that some zap
pointments are now past due" Will the
Herald say what are the appointments
to which it alludes? Will it say why
they are past due?" Will the Herald
give the grounds ON which it bases the
inference that these appointments are
withheld to influence votes in the pend
ing election? The Herald must have
some grounds for its conclusion when il
says:
although the Herald has strongly al
vocated Ex-Governor BlOxham for the
Senate, it has frequently paid tribute tt
the vigOr, directness and decency Ol
Governor Perry's canvass, and has ex
pressed sincere respect for the charactel
and services of that distinguished public
servant. 1t is unwilling to believe any
thing that would detract from this goO6
| opinion"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
Extremes Meet.

In New York the Prohibitionists re-
fused to accept a compromise, and they
Joined with the saloon element in defeat
ing the High License bill proposed by
Mr.. Crosby. In this case extremes meet,
and the moderate men who insist ON
temperance in all things are kept down
by the upper and neither mill-stOnes of
the extremists. Shall we see the same
absurdity in Palatka?
Our Sunday law, which is being en-
forced ut present by a conscientious
Mayor, is a boon to the saloons. 1t pro-
hibits the sale of drugs, contrary to
the State law-it stops the milkman
on his rounds-strictly interpreted,
it would stop the sale of meals and its pu-
ritanical spirit will make it so obnoxious
that our people will soon insist ON a re-
turn Of the widest license as a refuge
from its CALLING restrictions. This is the
lesson taught by the past in all such in
stances, and no good can be gained by
going from one extreme to the other. Let
the Council weigh well the consequences
which will follow a neglect of the prop
er amendment of such law, and remem-
Der that in the future they will be
Judged as they wisely use the power
vested in them for the general good.
All peaceable reforms must be gradual
Those who oppose the absolute prOhibi-
ton of the liquor traffic are now leading
into the hands of their enemies, and at
the close of the game they will find all
the tricks against them. II necessary,
our citizens should hold a meeting and
insist ON a revision or amendment of the
law which will not make it OdiOus to those
who are truly in favor of the preserva-
ton of law and order.
Let it be understood that, as long as
the present ordinance is ON the book, we
are heartily in favor Of its rigid enforce
ment by the Mayor, and that we shall
do all in our power to uphold his hands
in the work he has SO successfully in
augurated. The enforcement of a bad
law is the shortest road to its repeal. bu-
the amendment will be all the more act
ceptable if it comes quickly. Otherwise
a good cause will become identified with
a bad law and the two will go down
together
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
From the King OF the WeekIies.

THE PALATKA News is vigorously in
the field, assuming an indisputable posi-
ton of journalistic power and influence.
1t now reaches almost every part of the
State on the day of publication The
same train that brings the offensive
Times Union to Tallahassee and all
along the line of route through Northern
Florida, brings The NEWS with the
same Associated Press dispatches which
have built up its disreputable compel
itor, and which are presented in better
arranged and more readable form in the
Palatka daily May it thrive and in
crease. and the meddling. malicious per
sOnal organ of the mischief making lit
tie fellow in Jacksonville wane and be
Come extinct
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
'.Sans Peur ct sans Reproehe. y
Jasper Courier.


One of the first in the State to recog-
nize the entire fitness of Gov. E. A Perry
for the position of L. s. Senator. we have
gone on in the even tenor of our way,
feeling confident that he would SO fill
the measure of our wants that true
statesmen, throwing aside sectional feel
ing or partisan views, would place him
where he can do the most good for his
State, Z. e., in the U. S. Senate. The
mantle of Governor would fall most
gracefully ON Lieut. Governor Mabry,
and the spirit of the New Constitution
he Immediately carried into effect by the
abrogation of the office of Lietenant-
Governor. Again South Florida would
be honored. While our Legislators
would honor themselves in placing in
positions men without fear and without
reproach." Ask the soldiers of the late
war, and you will learn that no man
possessed more nobility of soul and true
manhood, combined with a parents de-
votion To the poor, faotsore and ragged
boys OF our army, than Z. A Perry.
Read the unblemished record of his civ
ilian life. Weigh the acts of his official
career and you VIII find yourself con-
WINGED Of the sterling worth and full
measure Of craftsmanship of Edward A.
Perry.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
"VindicatiOn.-

The fairest of the Bloxham papers in
sists that his triumph is necessary as a
measure of ''vindication." From what
will that 'vindicate" him? We are in
formed that he is suspected of neglect or
malpractice in the matter of the Disston
sale, or collision with the Drainage
Company. If his name is to be cleared
its rehabilitation must come from ia
vorable report to be given by the In
vestigating Committee-it cannot come
merely because he is elected to the Fed
erai Senate. And let it be remembered
that we have asked only for an
explanation of suspicious circum-
stances which We are assured by the
engineers can be easily given. Why has
not this explanation been offered before :
Why was not this 'vindication" given
AZ quickly and easily as the answer to
the letter of Lex? Direct charges have
been made only by parties, like the
PENSACOLA Commercial and its followers,
which are opposed to both Perry and
Bloxham. How can the sense Of ius-
q tice, strong in the American heart" be
satisfied by his election?
Are not Bloxham's friends PLAYING
with two-edged sword as well
as a poisoned one? Has not
Perry been the object of the
vilest attacks? Have not answers,
full and satisfactory, been given to each?
Not one of Bloxham's friends dare deny
that Perry has been already 'vindi-
cated;' will his defeat show that the
charges of Lex were Just?
Not so will justice be silenced; she is
ornd, but her sword falls unerringly-it
Is sharp but not poisoned: The triumph
OF no man vindicates him. Caesars
throne would not over-awe the voice of
justice; no success can "vindicate" any
man. Our own experience should be
enough 1t was claimed that General
FINLEY should be re-nominated 10
vindlcate' him when no shadow
OF guilt had touched his garment,
He was re-nominated but was defeated
was that defeat verdict of guilty? Not
so; neither would his triumph have
stamped out the injustice under which
he had suffered. Did Cleveland's nom
nation show guilt in Tilden? Yet the
same cry of ''vindication" was raised
II the election of Bloxham will s.vindi
cate" him, how dare anyone oppose
Perry?
The choice of the people will vindicate
no man-neither will his rejection
prove guilt. The Legislature does no,
sit as jury to elect a Senator and the
papers in the Disston business have no,
yet been examined. Let Dem
ocrats beware how they claim
such effect for the verdict in such case
A seat in the Senate is the goal of al
honorable ambition; triumph or defea
IN such contest as that now wageS
should discredit no man-far less Should
It disrupt the party or embitter its lead
ers. And the bitterness infused into il
mas all been brewed by Bloxham's friends
We defy any man to point out the com
pilcity of Perry or his immediate sup
porters in any personal attack on Biloxi
ham. Bloxham has been only confront
ed with facts and figures for which b.
has offered no explanation M yet.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
Negro SuperstitiOns.
TimeS-DemOcrat

Among the negroes the moaning dove
means to save a mans soul. To kill one
of these doves is sign of death, hut
more frequently the death of a child A
buzzard or a crow on a hOusetop is be
lieved to be an invariable sign of death
or disaster. A visit at the door from q
rooster means the approaching visit of a
friend. The noise of the screeching owl
or ''shivering' owl. is bad omen oi
many interpretations If the common
owl boots ON your right good luck will
follow, but bad luck should he take NJ
his position ON the left and boot there,
from.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19

The wind storm of yesterday pros
trated telegraph wires in all directions
and cut Palatka off from telegraphic
communication with the rest of the
world for many hours. 1t was not until
ten O'Clock last night that communities
ton was fully established with the North
by way Of Ocala, wire which had been
fixed up during the afternoon soon Civ
ing out. This accounts for the parcity of
Geographic matter in our first edition.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
THE DAILY NEWS

TIE DAILY NEWS 10 published every morn
IN the city, or mailed, postage Free - for three
m0ntha y 70. stx mouths, or ~ per annum.
column paper, published every Friday, con-
eaanAnl ~ dths news of the week. local and
general IL In the largest and handsomest
weekly paper published In Florida; and will be
mailed, postage free, for 81 year, 50 cents
Tor six months Specimen copies free to any
Loch advertisements, 70 cents per line for
nrst insertion, and 10 cents per line for each
edditonal insertion. Special notices, 10 cents
Per line. Reduced rates ON continued adver-
dscments
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month. Special and short-time payable
u advance.
Al romittances should be made by express,
money -order or registered letter.
Address THE NEWS,
PAIATKA FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
A Real Chestnut.
Peoria Transcript.

A story is told in regard to a christen-
ing in the lower end of the city. Mother.
father, and infant We're on hand. Also
the godfather. The good old priest pro-
necessary to name the child. The god
father. as usual in such cases. had writ
ten the name on a card. and when the
ceremony had reached this point he
dived into his vest pocket and handed out
one. The priest took it and a look of
horror came over his face. The god
father turned a fiery red, went down in
his pocket again, reached out another
card, handed it to the priest, and re-
ceived in return the one he had first
given the good man. and the ceremony
proceeded without interruption. The
one he had first handed to the the priest
read, Il am somewhat of liar myself y
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19

Our report shows that the lower house
means business and will allow no trihing
with its valuable time. Mr.. Hind Of
Putnam proposed an adjournment for a
week to allow committees to examine
the State institutions, and the motion
was not only laid on the table, but or
dered eaPunged from the record. This
is a severe lesson.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
PALATKA. FLA. APRIL 10. 1887.

The New York World. of last Sun
day, consisted of thirty-two pages, of
seven columns each, all for three cents
to city readers. Its circulation for the
past ten Sundays has ranged from PSI 900
ON February %, to 267 ,s13 on March %.
IL il the mammoth American news
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
A New Name For 1t.
New Haven Palladium.

Mrs. James Brown Potter gets the
most unkindest cut of all from Mr.. Ban
croft, the owner of the London theater
where she is playing, who says: IF
had known what know now, / would
have sent her into the country and had
her play three months as Miss jenkins,
until she had worn off her angularities. "
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
Reform the Interstate Bill.

Pittsburg Bulletin
The ancient Greeks, it will be remem-
bered, bravely held the pass of Their
mOpyla. But Thermopyle wasn't a
railroad
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
Look On This Picture"
Sunday Critique.

Gov. Perry is a gentleman, soldier, a
scholar, a lawyer and a patriot, and is as
far from the ways of the trucking pol
itician as the sun is from the earth. He
should be elected to the United States
Senate.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19

Chicago Times.

A Maine druggist poisoned a customer
by giving him by mistake colchicum for
port wine. 1t seems that Maine drug
stores" keep drugs, which do not APP
pear to be the cane in some other PrOhi-
bitiOn States
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
They are NOrtherners Themselves
Houston CTexasl Post

Florida hotel keeper recently par
alyzed a party of Northerners by saying,
I'm one of the invasions the Yanks
cleaned US out, but now we clean the
Yanks out every time they come
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
Advice to Ladies',
DOrcas Magazine.

Cultivate the habit of listening to 9TH
ers: it will make you an invaluable mem
Der of society, to say nothing of the ad-
vantage it will be to you when you
marry. A good listener makes a de
Erbtf,,l Uifa
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
Luminous Philosophy

The star of Democracy is still rising
in the armament.
But that of Jones has set.-PALATKA
NEWS
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
Another lay GAuld.

NV DIX SlIl-
THAT man over there has made 50 per
cent. of his fortune from watered stock :"
He looks like blOated mOnOpOlist
Some railroad nagnate, suppose"
mo. He's milk dealer"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
A Skeptical Magistrate
Philadelphia North merican.

Philadelphia North American
A Police Magistrate has refused to be-
lieve that a man can live next door to a
saloon and never enter it. Why men have
been know n to live next door to a church
and never enter it,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19
For CharleyiOnes.
Accident News.


Yes, said Fogg, las a success 1 have
always been a failure, but as a failure
have been an unqualified success.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-19

As long as am in my place am safa
Emerson.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-07-17
CLOUD-BUKSTS.
A Scientist who Does Not Believe I'm
Them.

A Scientist who Does Not Believe I'm
Them.
The scientist of the Elko Independent
concludes an article on oloud-bursts with
the assertion: "There can be no such
thing as a cloud-burst, for clouds are
nothing more than a heavy mist or fog"
If the scientist Of the Independent
wishes to investigate the phenomenon Of
cloud.bursts, or water.spouts, as they are
often, though less correctly, called, he
should HE himself to the Hnmboldtrang
or some other locality where they occur,
and spend a week or two at this season Of
the wear. He will then discover that 6
dark, funnel-shaped cloud, with the small
end toward the earth. seeps along the side
or summit OF q mountain with a terrific
roar and a rotary motion. until IL strikes
a bluff or projection, which bursts it.
Then the water, which was probably kept
from falling by the rotary motion, is dis
charged, creating an irresistible torrent,
which sweeps away everything in it's course,
save solid rock. Then, IL he happens to
escape with his life. helwill be thoroughly
convinced that there can besuch a thing,
and very dangerous thing it is, too, as a
Z" cIoud.burst."
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-07-17
FRIGmrFUL MORTALITY.

The New York Herald of the 10th in.
slant says its recent predictions of com.
ing "warm waves and its warnings
against the fatalities of sunstroke and
cholera infantum, especially the warning
given on Friday morning, were most op.
perfume. The police reported numerous
prostrations from the heat on Friday, and
no doubt many such cases were not re.
ported. The mortality among children
due to- the storm of heat which burst
upon the city that day cannot yet be
known, or the morbifc effects of the hot
wave determined.
Dur city news columns to-day, how
ever, show that several deaths occurred
yesterday from the oppressive weather,
and the Health Board reports that for
the week ending at noon yesterday there
were 1876 deaths in the city. This is
the largest mortality for the first week
of July since 1880, when the number
was about a score larger. OF this very
large number of deaths occurring last
week 1874 were in tenement houses,
showing the deadly influence of residence
in these close quarters. But the most
startling fact is that out of the 1874
deaths in tenement houses, 7Sl Tor nearly
ninety-four per cent) were deaths of
children under five years of age.
With all our boast OF advances in
municipal and domestic hygiene, it is
astounding that the total mortality now
should be so near that of the correspond
ing period of 1880. Seven years one would
suppose would have wrought som
marked changes for the better. But it
is too late to moralize. With no pros.
pect Of an early and decided relief from
the fatal heat. every effort should be
made by the authorities and private in
dividuals to rescue the thousands of
helpless and dying babes now sweltering
in the tenement houses.